Good Morning. By special request on the top of the heap (via @ArendJanKamp): The euro-crisis

https://twitter.com/fmirw/status/428651548508291074

Cool overview of the performance of the various Fed Chairs on certain variables…

http://qz.com/171618/the-bernanke-era-isnt-over-not-by-a-long-shot/

“Do High Interest Rates Defend Currencies During Speculative Attacks?”Some empirical research on the matter
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/01/do-high-interest-rates-defend-currencies-during-speculative-attacks.html

Not that anyone is interested at the moment, but hey: here is a cool country report on Peru by the IMF!
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2014/cr1422.pdf

Interesting overview of sector performance in the US since the taper announcement

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/1/29/group-performance-since-the-taper.html

And did you lot notice that bitcoin is no less volatile than -say- the Turkish lira?

www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-volatility-slows-2014-1

Nice charts on the performance of the S&P, both nominal…

…and real…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-29/where-does-market-rally-rank

On wage growth in the US (or the lack thereof)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/29/obama-is-asking-businesses-to-raise-wages-heres-why-they-likely-wont-listen/

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